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Birthday Bash
MOREE Lions Club will tomorrow blow out 70 candles at a special lunch at Moree Services Club, and the club has donated $4000 as part of birthday bash celebrations. Moree Services Club board president Garry Maidens said Moree Lions Club was a local institution. “Moree Lions is a fantastic organisation, with volunteers who work tirelessly [...]
3D Firearms
A man will appear in court today after being charged following an investigation into the manufacture of 3D printed firearms and weapons in Moree. In November 2024, officers attached to Moree Proactive Crime Team and Crime Prevention Unit commenced investigations into the manufacturing of firearms via 3D printing. Following investigations, about 3.40pm yesterday, Wednesday, 13, [...]
Armed Robbery
POLICE are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a business in Moree overnight. About 1:45am on Thursday, November 14, police were called to a service station on Blueberry Road, near Moree airport, following reports of an armed robbery. Officers attached to New England Police District attended and were told an unknown male – [...]
Fatal Crash
A man has died following a crash on the Carnarvon Highway between Ashley and Garah in the state’s north west last night. About 10pm yesterday, Wednesday, November 13, emergency services were called to Carnarvon Highway, Ashley, about 18km north of Moree, following reports of a two-vehicle crash. Officers attached to New England Police Area Command [...]
Strike Action
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has doubled down his support of healthcare workers as thousands of nurses across New South Wales – including Moree – walked off the job on Wednesday as part of planned industrial action in a pay dispute. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association continue to press the Minns Labor Government [...]
Academy of Dance
MOREE classical dancer Livia Marchant has taken the next step in her promising career with enrolment at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. Livia began dancing at three years of age under the tutelage of Elissa Finlay and continued with Moree Dance Academy principal Chelsie Assef, academy teacher Demi Thorburn and during the past [...]
Consumer
CHOICE has announced the much-anticipated winners of this year’s Shonky Awards, recognising the worst of the worst products and services from the past year and high on the list is Meta, for failing to protect Aussies from scams. Winners include the Acerpure Clean Lite stick vacuum, for being the worst stick vacuum CHOICE has ever [...]
Academy of Dance
THERE is no shortage of dancing talent across the Moree Plains, and local youth will take to the stage this weekend to showcase their skills at the Moree Academy of Dance’s annual concert. This year’s performance, Dreaming of Wonderland, is a modern interpretation of a classical favourite featuring a range of dance mediums, from contemporary [...]
Festive Season
THE Salvation Army has launched its annual Christmas Appeal in the New England North-West to help the Salvos help those in the local community struggling during the Christmas season. Salvation Army Moree program manager Jason Poutawa said the festive season was a time for giving. “The Christmas season is a great time of year to [...]
Strike Action
NURSING staff at Moree Hospital will take part in statewide strike action tomorrow after wage talks between the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association and the NSW Government failed to reach an outcome. Some public sector nurses and midwives across New South Wales will go on strike for 24 hours on Wednesday, November 13, with some [...]
